Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers Program

Family Medicine Analyst Verified · Sep 15, 2026

Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers Program

Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers Program is a residency program specializing in Family Medicine, located in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, directed by Catherine Patrick, DO and coordinated by Joann Howell-Roedel. The program accepts applications through October 31, 2026. International Medical Graduates interested in this program may contact the program coordinator directly at howelljo@wmh.org or (570) 798-2828. IMGPrep analysts have verified and compiled this program’s IMG acceptance rate, USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 score requirements, Visa Sponsorship Policy, graduation year cutoff, and ECFMG certificate requirements — available to IMGPrep subscribers.

Program Identity & Fit

A three-year rural residency sponsored by Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers, a federally qualified health center network in northeastern Pennsylvania, with its administrative base in Honesdale. It enrolled its first class in July 2025 and is approved for a total of 15 residents. The program lists Wayne Memorial Hospital, Lehigh Valley Hospital and the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center among its affiliated training partners. Continuity care is delivered across the network's own clinics, including the Honesdale, Hamlin, Pike and Highland Physicians family health centers and the Honesdale Women's Health Center. The curriculum is organized into 13 blocks per year spanning inpatient medicine, emergency medicine, pediatrics, women's health, dermatology, geriatrics, palliative care, and a population health and community-oriented primary care experience. The program states that its purpose is to produce physicians equipped for full-spectrum practice in rural and underserved communities.

Who it fits

An applicant committed to rural, community health center primary care who is comfortable joining a young program still establishing its traditions.

Research intensity

Low; the program frames scholarship around population health and community-oriented primary care rather than a research curriculum.

Career orientation

Primary Care / Community Practice.

Important

The program states an explicit rural and underserved mission and is structured as a rural track sponsored by a federally qualified health center.

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Family Medicine

Deadline 10/31/2026

19 days left

Accreditation Status N/A NEW

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PROGRAM MISSION STATEMENT

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